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I mentioned in my Bill Simmons thread that we could benefit from a sport media thread. Well here it is! This is where you discuss sports media, link to Awful Announcing stories, post Gus Johnson clips, and more.

If Hulk Hogan's penis is the hill they wanted to die on, they deserve what they can get. This is the exceptionally bad opinion from Nick Denton's post:

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Back in 2012, to the largely young and metropolitan audience of Gawker, and to those who found the story through news reports and search engines, the post was not particularly offensive. It was their choice to click on the headline and the play button.

"If only you hadn't read what we posted, we wouldn't be in this mess!"

No one wanted to see Hulk Hogan have sex, and Heather Cole definitely didn't want the world to see her have sex. That Hogan is a public figure or that he said embarrassing racist things is irrelevant; there's no public right to know about the sex lives of others.

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1. Last weekend, Rachel Nicholas interviewed Adam Silver on NBA TruHoops podcast. They talked about all of the issues: ads on jerseys, Steph Curry, current labor negotiations, MJ as an owner and how it changes things, and more. Silver definitely stuck to talking points, but Rachel Nichols is very good at her job (I miss her on TNT) and kept the conversation engaging.

2. Today Bill Simmons published an interview with Keith Olbermann. I'm 50 minutes into a 70-minute podcast, and while not groundbreaking, it's a good listen. They talk about the state of American political media, why no one likes baseball, and I'm just coming to "how to fix SportsCenter."

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Simmons' pod with Jim Lampley was very good. I think Lamps gets forgotten a bit because HBO, & the fact that he's not among some 21st century wave of semi comedic sports personalities who try too hard.

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The Zach Lowe podcast with Howard "What Up?" Beck provides more color to the LeBron's Melo/CP/Wade fantasy story. I'm not enthused with Lowe as an interview -- he still has a bad habit of answering the questions he asks his guests before they do -- but Beck is a good storyteller. LeBron is getting old, wistful, and sad he never got to really play with Melo, who is apparently a very good friend going back to high school days. It's a neat vignette.

(I bet much of that details was in Beck's Bleacher Report story, but who reads Bleacher Report?)

Beth Mowins joined ESPN in 1994 as a play-by-play commentator. She currently calls NCAA Championships in basketball, softball, soccer and volleyball, in addition to regular-season games for college football and men’s and women’s basketball. Mowins began calling college football games on ESPNU in 2005, and currently calls the ESPN2 College Football Saturday game with Joey Galloway and Paul Carcaterra.

Beth Mowins joined ESPN in 1994 as a play-by-play commentator. She currently calls NCAA Championships in basketball, softball, soccer and volleyball, in addition to regular-season games for college football and men’s and women’s basketball. Mowins began calling college football games on ESPNU in 2005, and currently calls the ESPN2 College Football Saturday game with Joey Galloway and Paul Carcaterra.

Beth has her good days and bad days in calling football games. She does have a passion for the game and it's great when she gets excited about touchdowns and big plays - the excitement is real and not fake. But for some reason, I seem to switch away from her games moreso than other games (though the matchups are plenty to blame, too).

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I mentioned in my Bill Simmons thread that we could benefit from a sport media thread. Well here it is! This is where you discuss sports media, link to Awful Announcing stories, post Gus Johnson clips, and more.

Aside from Awful Announcing, there are some other sites for sports media news.Sports Media Watch

Sports Radio PD (Home of the Podcast About Sports Radio, which typically has a sports radio host, but does have announcers on it.)

SI Media Podcast (The podcast with Ivan Manziel, current ESPN college football writer, whose son committed suicide last year shows another side of how ESPN operates and deals with people.)

One team RSNs usually don't work, especially a network like Sportsnet LA which only has the Dodgers and nothing else but filler. At least the other TWC sports network here have other live programming surrounding the Lakers year-round.

One team RSNs usually don't work, especially a network like Sportsnet LA which only has the Dodgers and nothing else but filler. At least the other TWC sports network here have other live programming surrounding the Lakers year-round.

Doesn't Sportsnet have Lakers and Galaxy games as well? Still not enough for year round coverage but should be enough to bring in something, especially with Southern Section high school football.

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2. Today Bill Simmons published an interview with Keith Olbermann. I'm 50 minutes into a 70-minute podcast, and while not groundbreaking, it's a good listen. They talk about the state of American political media, why no one likes baseball, and I'm just coming to "how to fix SportsCenter."

That's a bit of a misrepresentation of the conversation, don't you think? The conversation I listened to was about how baseball has gone from a national sport to a regional sport and why. I don't recall either one of them saying "no one likes baseball." Anyway, it was a pretty good listen. It was nice to hear from KO.